In this collection of essays Onora ONeill explores and argues for an accountof justice that is fundamentally cosmopolitan rather than civic yet takesserious acc... » 

In this collection of essays Onora ONeill explores and argues for an accountof justice that is fundamentally cosmopolitan rather than civic yet takesserious account of institutions and boundaries and of human diversity andvulnerability. Starting from conceptions that are central to any account ofjustice those of reason action judgement coercion obligations and rights she discusses whether and how culturally or politically specific concepts andviews which limit the claims and scope of justice can be avoided. She thenexamines the demands and scope of just institutions arguing that there aregood reasons for taking the claims of distant strangers seriously but thatdoing so points not to a world without boundaries but to one of porousboundaries and dispersed power. Bounds of Justice will be of interest to a widerange of readers in philosophy politics and international relations. «